GIVEAWAY ALERT!

We have two pairs of tickets to the Vancouver premiere of the film, HANDMADE NATION to give away!

To enter, just leave a comment below by July 2nd, and we will draw a winner at random on July 3rd.

I’ve been excited about the book HANDMADE NATION: The Rise of D.I.Y., Art, Craft, and Design since it arrived in our warehouse last Fall. Now I’m excited about it all over again, as the documentary film it was based on is coming to Vancouver!

Handmade Nation Vancouver Premiere
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway @ Commercial Drive

Craft Showcase at 7:00pm
Screening at 8:00pm

Go here for details and to buy tickets.

It’s going to be a great event, especially as filmmaker Faythe Levine will be at the event, answering Q&A and signing books after the movie. Also be sure to get to the theatre early to check out the craft market featuring local artists and makers. Bonus: the first 100 people in get a free swag bag!

Still not sure what all this is about? Well, here’s a preview of the book, HANDMADE NATION: The Rise of D.I.Y., Art, Craft, and Design:

And here’s a trailer for the documentary:

Both the book and the movie feature 24 makers and 5 essayists who work within different media—representing a microcosm of the crafting community that’s blossoming all over North America. To find out more about the HANDMADE NATION documentary, check out their website, and for a zillion reviews of the book, hop on over to Princeton Architectural Press’ site.

At last… It’s farmers’ market season! I look forward to this all winter. There’s nothing better than heading out to the market on a sunny day and returning with a basket full of fresh fruits and veggies (not to mention the meat, eggs, breads and more!) that were grown nearby. Well, nothing better than perhaps when you get to actually EAT all these wonderful things…

To celebrate, I wanted to share a roundup of some great books about farmers markets, buying local and eating well.

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Long live heirlooms!
Here are a few books about the endless varieties of produce that you just can’t find in most supermarkets…

HEIRLOOM BEANS // Who knew there were so many beans?! This book was written by Steve Sando, the founder of Rancho Gordo, a specialty food company that distributes heirloom produce, seeds, and beans. If you’ve been to the farmers’ market in San Francisco, you’ve likely seen their stall, filled to the brim with the most colourful little packages of dried beans. Here are three sample recipes from the book: Cellini Bean Soup with Chard and Poached Eggs, Mayacoba Bean Salad with Pesto and Shrimp, and Flageolet Bean and Halibut Stew with Asparagus and Parsley-Mint Pistou. Also read up on some tips about cooking with beans.

THE HEIRLOOM TOMATO COOKBOOK // Heirloom tomatoes are by far my favourite part of farmers’ market season. There are a couple of weeks every year where my diet is about 80% tomatoes (the other 20% being made up of fresh mozzarella and basil). Mmm.

In October 2009, keep an eye out for EDIBLE HEIRLOOMS: Heritage Vegetables for the Maritime Garden.

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Eating well and living well
Because eating locally is about more than just good-tasting food…

SIMPLY ORGANIC: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal and Local Ingredients // A nice guide to eating sustainably, full of information and delicious recipes, such as Watermelon-Rosemary Granita and Asparagus and Scallops.

EAT WHERE YOU LIVE: How to Find and Enjoy Local and Sustainable Food No Matter Where You Live // A fresh and funny resource for getting back to your roots.

COOL CUISINE: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming // This book is a balance of scientific fact and culinary art.

THE PLEASURES OF SLOW FOOD: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes // This cookbook features 15 profiles of artisans plus 45 time-tested recipes by chefs and cooks, including Alice Waters and Rick Bayless.

EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD: A Universal Idea  // Watch a video about Alice Waters’ school gardens project.

Also, in August 2009, keep an eye out for FAT OF THE LAND: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager.

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Being “local” from a distance
And for the foodie’s equivalent of “armchair travel”, here are a few inspirational books about what’s going on locally in far away places…

SOUTHERN FARMERS’ MARKET COOKBOOK

L.A.‘s ORIGINAL FARMERS’ MARKET COOKBOOK

THE SAN FRANCISCO FERRY PLAZA FARMERS’ MARKET COOKBOOK // Check out rhese sample recipes for Shaved Raw Asparagus with Lemon Vinaigrette, The Ultimate Scalloped Potatoes, Salmon with Miso Sauce, and Beautiful Blueberry Pie.

FROM THE EARTH TO THE TABLE: John Ash’s Wine Country Cuisine // Check out this sample recipe for Salmon Cured with Tequila and Herbs. Drool.

CHEFS ON THE FARM: Recipes and Inspiration from the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts

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Feeling hungry yet?
Just to finish up, here are a few links for local readers…

If you’re in BC, GetLocalBC.org has a handy chart of what foods are in season, available to download as a PDF.

For the low-down on fresh food in Vancouver and the lower mainland, I like to get updates from the Vancouver Farmers Markets website and Twitter, and Edible Vancouver’s site, their magazine, or on Twitter.

Are you on Twitter?

Dan is live tweeting our Fall 2009 sales conference right now—and for the next two days, too, as long as we keep feeding him coffee.

Get the inside scoop on what books are coming up this Fall over on twitter.com/RaincoastBooks or follow us on Twitter: @RaincoastBooks.

Robert Bringhurst’s THE SURFACE OF MEANING: Books and Book Design in Canada has won first prize in the Prose Non-Fiction Illustrated category of Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.

Awarded by The Alcuin Society, a Vancouver-based not-for-profit society for the support and appreciation of fine books, the judges selected 32 winning titles from 233 entries, submitted by 89 publishers.

The winning books will be shown across Canada and exhibited at the Tokyo International Book Fair in Japan, and the Frankfurt and Leipzig International Book Fairs, and will compete in the biggest annual book-design competition in the world, in Leipzig, Germany, in February 2010.

Congratulations to ALL this year’s winners:

CHILDREN
First prize:  TERESA BUBELA & VLADYANA KRYKORKA, designers of The Littlest Sled Dog, by Michael Kusugak (Orca Book Publishers)
Second prize:  DANIEL SYLVESTRE, designer of Ophélie, by Charlotte Gingras (Les éditions de la courte échelle)
Third prize (tie): ROBIN MITCHELL (HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS DESIGN INC.), designer of Monkey World : an A-Z of Occupations, by Matthew Porter (Simply Read Books)
Third prize (tie): ROBIN MITCHELL (HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS DESIGN INC.), designer of Where You Came From, by Sara O’Leary (Simply Read Books)
Fourth prize:  PRIMEAU & BAREY, designers of Sire Hibou et Dame Chat, by Edward Lear (Dominique et compagnie).

LIMITED EDITIONS 
First prize: SUSAN COLBERG, designer of Darkfire, by Jonathan Hart (Sean Caulfield, Susan Colberg, Jonathan Hart/University of Alberta)
Second prize (tie): MICHAEL TOROSIAN, designer of Paul Caponigro: On Prior Lane: a Firefly’s Light: the Cushing Interviews, by Michael Torosian (Lumiere Press)
Second prize (tie): ED PAS, designer of Husk, by Lia Pas (JackPine Press)
Third prize (tie): BILL HORNE, designer of At Stonehenge & Avebury, by John K. Grande (Prospect Press)
Third prize (tie): FRANCES HUNTER, designer of Between Brush Strokes, by Daphne Marlatt (JackPine Press).

PICTORIAL
First prize: GEORGE VAITKUNAS, designer of Utopia/Dystopia : Geoffrey James, by Lori Pauli (National Gallery of Canada and Douglas & McIntyre)
Second prize: MARTIN GOULD, designer of Arctic Visions : Pictures from a Vanished World, by Fred Bruemmer (Key Porter Books)
Third prize: ANDREW STEEVES & THADDEUS HOLOWNIA, designers of Silver Ghost, by Harry Thurston (Anchorage Press)
Fourth prize: TIM INKSTER, designer of A Wood Engraver’s Alphabet, by Gerard Brender à Brandis (The Porcupine’s Quill).

POETRY
First prize: ANDREW STEEVES, designer of The House That Stands, by Stefan A. Rose (Anchorage Press)
Second prize: ANDREW STEEVES AT GASPEREAU PRESS, designer of The Muskwa Assemblage, by Don McKay (Gaspereau Press)
Third prize: MARK GOLDSTEIN, designer of Tender Buttons : Objects - Food - Rooms, by Gertrude Stein (BookThug)
Honourable mention: TIM INKSTER, designer of The Essential P.K. Page, by P.K. Page (The Porcupine’s Quill).

PROSE FICTION
First prize: JESSICA SULLIVAN, designer of Revenant, by Tristan Hughes (Douglas & McIntyre)
Second prize: ANDREW STEEVES AT GASPEREAU PRESS, designer of That Tune Clutches My Heart, by Paul Headrick (Gaspereau Press)
Third prize: MEGAN FILDES, designer of Fear of Fighting, by Stacey May Fowles (Invisible Publishing).

PROSE NON-FICTION
Second prize:  ANDREW STEEVES AT GASPEREAU PRESS, designer of Wisdom & Metaphor, by Jan Zwicky (Gaspereau Press)
Third prize: ANIK SEE, designer of Saudade: the Possibilities of Place, by Anik See (Coach House Books)
Fourth prize: JESSICA SULLIVAN, designer of My Natural History: the Evolution of a Gardener, by Liz Primeau (Greystone Books)
Honourable mention:  JESSICA SULLIVAN, designer of Khubilai Khan’s Lost Fleet: in Search of a Legendary Armada, by James P. Delgado (Douglas & McIntyre).

PROSE NON-FICTION ILLUSTRATED 
First prize:  ROBERT BRINGHURST, designer of The Surface of Meaning : Books and Book Design in Canada, by Robert Bringhurst (CCSP Press / Simon Fraser University)
Second prize: TIM INKSTER, designer of Off the Wall, by Tony Urquhart (The Porcupine’s Quill)
Third prize: ANDREW STEEVES AT GASPEREAU PRESS, designer of In Black & White: a Wood Engraver’s Odyssey, by Wesley W. Bates (Gaspereau Press)
Fourth prize: JESSICA SULLIVAN, designer of Flight of the Hummingbird: a Parable for the Environment, by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Greystone Books)
Honourable mentions: ALAN BROWNOFF, designer of Imagining Science: Art, Science, and Social Change edited by Sean Caulfield & Timothy Caulfield (The University of Alberta Press); and ROBIN MITCHELL (HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS DESIGN INC.), designer of Vancouver Matters, edited by James Eidse, Mari Fujita, Joey Giamo, and Christa Min.

REFERENCE
Second prize:  NAOMI MACDOUGALL, designer of A Good Catch: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from Canada’s Top Chefs, by Jill Lambert (Greystone Books).

See more images from inside THE SURFACE OF MEANING in our Flickr set.

Calling all comic fans in Vancouver…

POHADKY Book Launch
at Lucky’s Comics
3972 Main Street, Vancouver
Friday March 20th, 5-8 pm

Want a sneak peek? Check out a PDF preview of POHADKY, some interior images, as well as a beautiful video trailer made by Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk, the book’s creators, who also run Tin Can Forest, an art, animation and design studio based in Toronto.

After being pipped to the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing by James Orbinski’s AN IMPERFECT OFFERING: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century earlier this month, Chris Wood’s contrarian DRY SPRING: The Coming Water Crisis of North America, published by Raincoast in Spring 2008, is now a finalist for the BC Book Prizes 2009 in the non-fiction category!

Established in 1985, the BC Book Prizes,  celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. The winners of this year’s prizes will be announced on April 25th.

Congratulations Chris! Fingers crossed!




And congratulations to all the authors shortlisted. Here’s a complete list of finalists for the 2009 BC Book Prizes:

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize:
* Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo (Knopf Canada)
* Paul Headrick, That Tune Clutches My Heart (Gaspereau Press)
* Lee Henderson, The Man Game (Penguin Canada)
* Patrick Lane, Red Dog, Red Dog (McClelland & Stewart)
* Andreas Schroeder, Renovating Heaven (Oolichan Books)

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize:
* Karen Hofmann, Water Strider (Frontenac House)
* Daphne Marlatt, The Given (McClelland & Stewart)
* Elise Partridge, Chameleon Hours (House of Anansi Press)
* Nilofar Shidmehr, Shirin and Salt Man (Oolichan Books)
* George Stanley, Vancouver: A Poem (New Star Books)

Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize:
* Tim Lilburn, Going Home: Essays (House of Anansi Press)
* Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Knopf Canada)
* Rex Weyler, The Jesus Sayings: The Quest for His Authentic Message (House of Anansi Press)
* Chris Wood, Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America (Raincoast Books)
* Ronald Wright, What Is America? A Short History of the New World Order (Knopf Canada)

Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (for contribution to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia):
* Daphne Bramham, The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect (Random House Canada)
* Brad Cran, Gillian Jerome, Hope in Shadows: Stories and Photographs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Arsenal Pulp Press)
* Margaret Horsfield, Voices From the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino 1899 - 1929 (Salal Books)
* Stephen Hume, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia (Harbour Publishing)
* Don Pettit, The Peace: A History in Photographs (Peace PhotoGraphics)
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize (for a non-illustrated book for children):
* Sarah N. Harvey, The Lit Report (Orca Book Publishers)
* Polly Horvath, My One Hundred Adventures (Groundwood Books)
* Iain Lawrence, The Séance (Delacorte Books)
* Graham McNamee, Bonechiller (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)
* Robin Stevenson, A Thousand Shades of Blue (Orca Book Publishers)
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize (for an illustrated book for children):
* Linda Bailey, Bill Slaven (illustrator), Stanley at Sea (Kids Can Press)
* Robert Bateman, Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth (Scholastic Canada)
* Katarina Jovanovic, Philippe Béha (illustrator), The King Has Goat Ears (Tradewind Books)
* Chieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch (illustrator), Rosie and Buttercup (Kids Can Press)
* Irene N. Watts, Kathryn E. Shoemaker (illustrator), Good-bye Marianne: A Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany (Tundra Books)

BC Booksellers’ Choice Award:
* Jean Barman, British Columbia: Spirit of the People (Harbour Publishing)
* Stephen Bown, Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver (Douglas & McIntyre)
* Cathy Converse, Following the Curve of Time: The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet (TouchWood Editions)
* Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment (Greystone Books)
* Andrew Nikiforuk, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent (Greystone Books)

Rafael Goldchain’s extraordinary photographic self-portraits, collected together in I AM MY FAMILY, continue to turn heads!

A couple of weeks ago, playwright Emil Sher admired the work in a review for The Globe and Mail book review section:

“I Am My Family is an invitation to reconstruct who we were to better understand who we are, and to consider the price paid when we forget.”

And then, at the weekend,  The Vancouver Sun reviewed the book as well:

“From a sociological and political point of view, this project is a profound statement about genocide, lost history, the importance to the psyche of knowing one’s roots and the vital place that art and story hold in the human imagination and the healing process.

Goldchain’s family was from a specific ethnic background and lived through a particular moment in history, yet its story has been repeated within other cultural communities and at other times in our collective history.

I Am My Family is an extraordinary work of art, and publishing it in book form makes it accessible to many.”

Rafael has also just been interviewed by the Jewcy website, and you can hear a Rafael talk about the project at The Book of Life who put together this slideshow of Rafael’s work:

Amazing!

Here are some of our previous links about I AM MY FAMILY:

Click here to watch CBC Sunday’s feature on Rafael Goldchain

Click here to listen to Rafael on CBC Radio One’s ‘Q’ with Jian Ghomeshi

Click here for an interview with Rafael in The National Post

Click here for a review of I AM MY FAMILY in the Toronto Star

Click here for the Raincoast Blog Q & A with Rafael

The film adaptation of Jose Saramago’s bestselling novel Blindness opens tomorrow at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Canadian-international co-production was directed by Fernando Meirelles, with a screenplay written by Don McKellar. It stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal and Sandra Oh.

You can watch the trailer on the movie website.

Blindness will be at film festivals across the country this Fall - check the festival websites for screenings.

Toronto International Film Festival, September 4 - 13, 2008
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, September 11 - 20, 2008
Calgary International Film Festival, September 19 - 28, 2008
Vancouver International Film Festival, September 25 - October 10, 2008

Have you seen the movie? What did you think? How does it compare to the book?

(PS. Saramago fans: watch for his new novel, Death With Interruptions, coming this October.)

Kristin Cashore’s teen fantasy novel GRACELING—due out in October—is already generating buzz in the blogosphere.

GRACELING’s main character, Katsa, has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight years old. She is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s henchman. She never expects to fall in love the beautiful Prince Po.  She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace—or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away.

Vancouver blogger Kate Trgovac has already posted an early review of GRACELING:

“From a narrative point of view, GRACELING has a lot going for it: adventure, intrigue, romance, betrayal, an extra-creepy villain, cool psychic abilities, and lady pirates.  Yes, lady pirates!  OK, just lady sea captains - but I imagine Captain Faun would be an AWESOME pirate.”

It’s really amazing that a first-time author has already inspired bloggers like Kate to take to their blogs! Stay tuned for more about GRACELING

See Kate’s entire Graceling Review!

The first of two excerpts from Chris Wood’s incisive new book DRY SPRING: THE COMING WATER CRISIS OF NORTH AMERICA, entitled ‘They Don’t Want Our Water’, is now available from the Tyee website!

Introducing the excerpts, David Beers, the editor of the Tyee, provides the background to the environmental series Chris has written for their website, Rough Weather Ahead, and how Chris came to write DRY SPRING.

The second excerpt, discussing co-operation between the US and Canada over water, will be available tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can read Chris Wood’s most recent article for the Tyee, posted Tuesday,  in which he critiques the British Columbia’s Liberal government’s new water strategy.

(AND you can also read a nice new review of DRY SPRING at A’n'E Vibe!)

Alan Berger’s guide to urban wastelands DROSSCAPE has been reviewed by Erick Villagomez for Vancouver’s re:place Magazine:

Drosscape is a very important book - especially given the uncommon and increasingly relevant nature of the subject discussed. It is must-read for anybody seeking to understand the nature of residual space within the contemporary urban landscape and the processes that lead to their creation. After all, only through understanding can we attempt to develop relevant solutions.

Click here for the re:place review of DROSSCAPE

I’m pleased to announce that world-renowned author, anthropologist and archaeologist Brian Fagan will be presenting an illustrated public talk at the Vancouver Public Library on March 26th! “The Pleasure of Ruins” will explore the fascinating science of modern archaeology and highlight some of the important global issues of climate change and heritage conservation that we face today in our modern world.

Widely regarded as the leading authority on the interaction of climate and human society, Brian Fagan is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of California, and a best-selling author. His latest book THE GREAT WARMING: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATIONS has received excellent reviews in The Winnipeg Free Press and Maclean’s Magazine, and you can see Brian tonight on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart!

“The Pleasure of Ruins” is a free talk organised by the Archaeological Society of British Columbia and will be held at 8pm, March 26th in the Alice McKay Room at the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia Street.

“The Pleasure of Ruins”
Archaeological Society of BC Special Public Event
8:00PM, Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Alice Mckay Room, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
350 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C.

(For media types, if you’d like further information, or to arrange an interview with Brian Fagan, please email me: dan[at]raincoast.com - Thanks!)

Thanks to everyone who entered our Adrian Tomine contest and left comments about his work. Adrian definitely has a lot of fans out there. (I knew I wasn’t alone!)

The winner of the contest, selected at random, is….. Bill Hine!

Congrats, Bill! Your poster will be in the mail shortly.

For everyone else, be sure to check back here for more contests and news and other goodness…. And I hope to see some of you tonight at the Adrian Tomine event at Sophia Books!

If you are a fan of independent comics and graphic novels you really should check out Robin McConnell’s radio show Inkstuds. Every Thursday between 2:00 - 3:00pm Robin interviews the best creators in the medium, from publishers like Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics and Top Shelf, for Citr Radio in Vancouver. Then, bless him, Robin posts up a podcast on the Inkstuds website so those of us unlucky enough not to live on the West Coast can listen too!

Inkstuds recently interviewed the masterful Chris Ware (ACME NOVELTY DATEBOOK, QUIMBY MOUSE and JIMMY CORRIGAN) and comics scholar Jeet Heer about the influential and much loved work of Gasoline Alley’s creator Frank King. The newspaper strips he created are being loving collected in a series of beautiful books edited by Chris with introductions by Jeet (and published by Drawn & Quarterly) called WALT & SKEEZIX.


Three volumes of WALT & SKEEZIX available so far:

WALT & SKEEZIX BOOK ONE
WALT & SKEEZIX BOOK TWO
WALT & SKEEZIX BOOK THREE (New!)

Click here for the Inkstuds interview with Chris Ware and Jeet Heer

As the New York Times reported earlier in the year, reprints of vintage newspaper strips have suddenly become very popular as contemporary cartoonists and graphic artists like Chris Ware, Seth, and Joe Matt openly pay homage to these 4 panel masterpieces. 


Other collected reprints of classic newspaper strips available include:

HANK KETCHAM’S COMPLETE DENNIS THE MENACE (Fantagraphics)
KRAZY & IGNATZ by George Herriman (Fantagraphics)
POPEYE by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
POGO by Walt Kelly (Fantagraphics)
THE COMPLETE PEANUTS by Charles M. Schulz


Fantagraphics have also published R. C. Harvey’s definitive (nee massive!) biography of the legendary Milton Caniff, creator of newspaper strips Steve Canyon and Terry and the Pirates.


If you interested in all this stuff, but you don’t quite know where to begin, I’d recommend you download the awesome PDF sampler available from the Fantagraphics website. It’s very cool resource with loads of images.

If contemporary comics are more your thing, Inkstuds also interviewed the mighty Adrian Tomine recently.

As Siobhan mentions below, Adrian is appearing at Sophia Books in Vancouver on Tuesday November 13th and 7pm, to launch his first full-length graphic novel SHORTCOMINGS. He’s being interview by Vancouver author, journalist and all round good guy Kevin Chong! 

AND you can also win a free signed poster of the cover art to SHORTCOMINGS (which are awesome - if I could enter, I would!) by leaving a comment on Siobhan’s post.

Apart from SHORTCOMINGS we also have several collections of Adrian’s work available from D&Q:

SCRAPBOOK
SUMMER BLONDE
SLEEPWALK
32 STORIES (which is almost out of stock so get them while you can!)

If you are really obsessive you can also get Adrian Tomine Stationery from Chronicle Books:

SHE READ THE LETTER… Journal
OPTIC NERVE postcards

(yes, yes… I do own all of these and I did get Adrian to sign them when he was in Toronto…)

Click here for the Inkstuds interview with Adrian Tomine

Click here for the Adrian poster giveaway

Graphica artist Adrian Tomine has been all over the place recently. And fortunately (at least for me!), soon he’ll be in Vancouver.

Since Adrian Tomine’s new graphic novel, SHORTCOMINGS, came out, it seems that he’s been on the road—and all over the media, from the cover of Giant Robot to the National Post.

• Read the interview with Adrian Tomine in the National Post

  “In a way, I wanted this book to be a summation of all the things I’ve learned in comics leading up to it,” he says.

• Read the review in the Georgia Straight

  “Adrian Tomine is the reigning king of comic ennui, and with Shortcomings, which collects issues 9 to 11 of his Optic Nerve, he continues his wonderfully misanthropic rule.”

• Read the review in Now magazine
• Listen to the podcast interview on Inkstuds.com

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ADRIAN TOMINE TOUR
After a successful event at Toronto’s International Festival of Authors last month, Tomine is heading west. He’ll be in Vancouver next week:

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Sophia Books
450 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC
7-10 pm: Q+A and signing

For a full list of Tomine’s tour stops, click here.

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ADRIAN TOMINE CONTEST
Win a SHORTCOMINGS poster signed by Adrian Tomine. To enter, just leave a comment below to let us know what you think of Tomine’s work. The only catch is that you must be a resident of Canada. The contest closes November 12.